Carpenter Ants In My Boat!!!

[LVANGEE]

Has anybody ever had an issue with carpenter ants eating all the wood in there boat . I have a terrible infestation . I took everybodys advice with starting the floor removal and taking out all the foam . As I was removing all the foam I struck the motherload of ant farms , they are everywhere in this boat . How do I get rid of them? Is it possible ? Yes I know the best thing to do is give up on this boat , but Im very stubborn and not willing to give up my first restoration project . Any advice is much needed . THANKS

 

[rayodunne]

Re: Carpenter Ants In My Boat!!!

Carpenter ants eat rotted wood so when the rotted wood you are removing is gone so will the ants. Buy a couple of cans of RAID and get busy killing and sucking those ants up with your shop vac.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Carpenter Ants In My Boat!!!

put a tarp over it and a couple of house bug bombs. i've had the in several resto.

 

[Mark42]

Re: Carpenter Ants In My Boat!!!

Ya know, they are trainable, and do very go carpentry work. Should really speed the reconstruction phase along....

 

[Fingernip]

Re: Carpenter Ants In My Boat!!!

There is a constant war going on in my boat between the carpenter ants, some kind of large red ant and spiders. They battle it out anytime i let the boat sit for a few weeks without working on it.. then i get in and clean up the bodys.

 

[tashasdaddy]

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tent i like is said, they leave eggs.

 

[oops!]

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ummmmmm.....am i missing somthing here?

your restoring the boat right?....you are taking out the foam?.....the next thing to look at is the stringers and transom to determine where the rot is....

after you do what td says and kill the little suckers......you will need to replace the rotten wood any how......that way they will never come back......love to see the little insects chew thru a stringer with a fresh wrap or two of 1708

 

[Tacklewasher]

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Unless your hull is made of wood, why not leave them to go at it for a couple more months and save yourself the aggravation of removing the wood?????

You gotta pull it all out anyway

 

[zach103]

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i agree. less work you have to do .

 

[tashasdaddy]

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have you ever seen the mess they leave. kill them and get the big pieces out, then the scraper, then the shop vac.

 

[LVANGEE]

Re: Carpenter Ants In My Boat!!!

Thanx for all the great advice , I am going to try the bug bomb technique first. I think this will be my first level of attack because it will kill the swarms of bees living there also .

 

[mthieme]

Re: Carpenter Ants In My Boat!!!

Ya know, they are trainable, and do very go carpentry work. Should really speed the reconstruction phase along....

Darn, stole my response !!!

 

[ebry710]

Re: Carpenter Ants In My Boat!!!

Thanx for all the great advice , I am going to try the bug bomb technique first. I think this will be my first level of attack because it will kill the swarms of bees living there also .

Move. Ant and bees attacking my boat, I think I'd move.....or at least move my boat.